Looking for tv recorder

Another vote for the youview suggestion....such ane one that takes in a freeview antenna signal that will feed through to your tv too.....
but are you on satellite, if so you need a box compatilble with that system.


Perhaps you should clarify what you currently have?


Many smart systems might meet your need but, unless the subtitles are actually transmitted in vision by the broadcaster rather than as a selectable title from a 'parallel' digital signal -as is typical on most programme output these days-, older types or pure recorders will not meet your need. They only record what you can see at recording time. Some more recent within last ten years or so will handle subtitles such as the Panasonic DMR-E50 and similar. If you buy that type rather than a set top box/recorder you need to check their instructions!


Set top is probable the best choice!

If you have a Richer Sounds nearby, pop in and see what recording boxes are available.

Humax have been near the top of Which? reviews for ages, we’ve had one for about 9 years and only needed a replacement remote.

Recording onto USB is problematic, our “smart” TVs will do it, but the instructions say to only use an external hard disk and not to use USB memory sticks. In any event it lacks the “rewind” and multi channel recording capabilities of the Humax boxes.

Another vote for HUMAX. Reliable and simple!

Just FYI, one alternative approach is to get a USB tuner for your pc, and then let your pc do the recording. Then you don't need to buy a dedicated disk or anything.

If your TV can play back from a USB stick, you could copy from pc to stick to watch - then it wouldn't depend on the write speed of the memory stick.

Because the subtitles are embedded into the digital stream for a program, all recordings should include them. But of course you also rely on the playback software to actually display them.

I used a humax for a long time, and was happy with it, but now use a custom setup based around a rpi with usb tuner, writing to a usb hard drive. (With an old standard desktop pc as a backup recorder to cope with the occassional scheduling clash that I can't work around.)

How much disk space you need depends very much on how much you record per week, and whether you keep on top of it. Unfortunately we fall foul of the Micawber Principle, and record at a higher rate than we watch, so no amount of disk space would be enough.